Body image in people with lower-limb amputation: A Rasch analysis of the amputee body image scale

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-215

  Gallagher, Pamela ^a,e   Horgan, Olga ^b   Franchignoni, Franco ^c   Giordano, Andrea ^c   MacLachlan, Malcolm ^d,e  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e Dublin Psychoprosthetics Group   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amputation; Body Image; Psychometrics; Rasch Analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTEE BODY IMAGE SCALE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRINITY AMPUTATION PROSTHESIS EXPERIENCE SCALE; VALIDITY;

AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 33847214138     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3180321439     Document Type: Article

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